The 5 Absolute Worst Things about Gamestop

Gamestop has essentially monopolized the used game trade, and gamers have little other choice but to bow down to the corporate altar. Whenever the suits get involved, you can expect a shiny but soulless experience. Here is a rundown of the 5 most annoying things gamers deal with every time they visit their local Gamestop.

I've been in line behind "the pokemon kid." You'll stand in line for half an hour while he asks about everything pokemon while you wait to pay for your game that takes all of thirty seconds. The only thing worse than them are the dreaded "pokemon parents" because they really don't know anything.

And the used game prices are ridiculous. I went into a Gamestop a few days ago planning on buying a used copy of Motorstorm, and left quickly after seeing a price tag of $45.

Sadly though, I played the role of comment guy once. I had to though. I saw someone picking up a copy of Lair, and I had to stop him. For all I know it might have been the copy I traded in a week after I bought it.

You want to buy used games, then go Ebay. Cut out the middle man. I know I know, some of you don't have credit cards/bank accounts and others simply don't have the patience to wait for the game to arrive but I'm telling you, when you get a used game for 30 bucks (35 after shipping) it makes a difference. Only ten bucks right? Well do that ten times and you see it adds up.

I also only sell my games via auction sites. After Gamestop offered me 25 bucks for Madden 08 the week it launched I sold it on Ebay for 20 bucks more than they offered.

Because of the Smug as$ personnel who work their and know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of gaming, only to try and convince you to buy the latest copy of the Conan Game or some other non-selling mediocre piece of ish... .... ... ....."The JOEY has Spoken"

Agreed; for the most part I don't mind the store as I don't sell my games, and like the idea of just popping in and depositing a little here and there to just pick up the game at no cost when it launches. But my God, some of the employees their take there position as a CSA to be some sort of credential for gaming guru, when half of what they say is wrong. Not all of them mind you, but the bad seeds just seem to stand out so much because they're so much more vocal. Smug, condescending, elitist pains in the butt. And then when I correct them about someting, they have nothing better to say than "no, that's wrong."

is a list of alternate locations for used games with better prices and options. Columbus Ohio? Westpoint Videogames. Rome-Hilliard rd. hole in the wall? yes. Good deals in trade in and new games? Hell yea.

We should leave all of the new copies sealed & live on the floor so everyone can steal them. When the new games come in, we gut 1 to use as the display box on the shelf. The rest go in the cases behind the counter. When someone can come up with a valid, reasonable explanation as to why we would sell a used game as new when we don't make squat on new merchandise, please let me know.

What does selling a used game as new have to do with the fact that you don't make anything on new games? Not the same thing. If you pay someone $25 for a trade on his used game, and re-wrap it as new and sell it for 59.99 instead of 49.99 as used, you make more money. Nothing stopping someone if they're shady.

Because then you have to remove the used item you just took in from inventory & add it to the new. All of which corporate can easily see, which leads to a nice meeting with loss prevention, & you to a new job. Thanks, please try again.

When you stop by GameStop the day of a game's release and they ask you, "Did you reserve it?" and they give you a scared look like you might not be getting it. Then it's like "sike" as then open a shelf filled with a game. Hate the pushiness of making you get a reservation.

That article was feaking hilarious, because it's almost all true. Like Sniper said, they are mostly Xbots. I bought a PS3 there so I could use all my credit, but when I asked for it the guy stared at me like I was a retard or something. And if you ask which is better, they'll say "360 cause it has better games". I haven't heard that before.

The only one I agree with is Used games 54.99. That's a joke and a bad one at that.

Seriously though being mad at them saying Hi and a guy talking about games at a games store? Idiot employees are everywhere and not all Gamestop stores have them. So what if some kid wants to ask questions about Pokemon, it's kind of the employees job to answer customers questions.

If anyone acted like that in my district... --------> There's the door. As a matter of fact, when I hire someone I ask them their 2 current favorite systems right off the bat and then their all time favorite. If the xbox 360 is at the top. They're not getting hired.

I also don't adhere to half the garbage they're talking about. Subs and pre-orders?? Not at my store... Sorry. You can ask anyone of my employees if they work in a decent environment and they love it. Also, 5.75 an hour? That's odd... I'd hate to live in their state.

Clearly this poster has no idea how to use Gamestop. Case in point: I just bought, played, and returned COD4 and it cost me $2 total.

I bought the "$54.99" used COD4 and used a 25% off coupon plus a 10% member discount. I paid $35.75 for it. I used store credit -- no sales tax... I played it for a week and traded it in for $30 plus the extra 10% membership or $33. I paid $275 to play COD4. That's cheaper than a blockbuster rental.

Sure, not all deals work out like that, but if you pay attention, they can happen pretty often and I take advantage.

I get so tired of listening to people whining about EB/GS... Don't shop there. They aren't putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy used or to even shop there in the first place. Feel free to open your own store or go down the street to Wal-Mart and pay $59.97 for the latest release. After all, Wal-Mart employees are top-of-the-foodchain when it comes to gamer knowledge.

It's human nature to moan & complain when they have total control to avoid something. How many times have you heard someone complain about the cost of cigarettes or how cold it is outside during their smoke break?

i cant stand takling to half of these xbots,they make sick.they think that xbox is gonna make it another year.i told your dreaming,its as dead as hd dvd,and they say maybe hes right when i turn my back.they do have some ps3 fans and they just sound smarter when you talk to them.its not shooter this and shooter that.that getting old.PLAY B3YOND!!

-there's not a single time I've been where I haven't been absolutely hounded to pre-order something.

2) the 360 Fanboy Employees

-they'll shun you into oblivion for going in there and asking to buy the PS3 version of any game...or tell you "that game sucks" to anything you purchase thats PS3 exclusive. They make it their BUSINESS to tell YOU how much the PS3 sucks. As if you asked.

3) The Trade-In Values

-do I really need to explain this?

4) The Ludicrous Used Game Prices

-same as above

5) The Laziness of the Employees

-a few times I'll ask if they have 'blah-blah' for PSP... and an immediate NO comes out...like...you didn't even LOOK for it. And they give me the straightest of faces...

WARNING: If you aren't going in for the sole purpose of PURCHASING an XBOX 360 Video Game, I wouldn't advise stepping through the door.

Sears is much better. The employees in the electronics section are elderly and know nothing about video games, so you just go in and buy. No idiot opinion / bashing of a game you came to buy...and you don't have to pre-order...cuz nobody shops there :-). They have plenty.

GameCrazy actually gave me 35 dollars for Oblivion, and 35 for UT3! It may not be much, but it is over half price. Gamestop gave me 15 for Resistance >.>. I've been going to GameCrazy lately for my gaming needs and have been completely satisfied. Their used pricings aren't that bad either. it was 40 bucks for Motorstorm(used). Considering the prices they give you for trading games in, the used games are bound to be expensive, but I was very surprised that it's only a 5 dollar difference between the two. I guess it just depended on who worked there too. One time I went into game crazy and hated it. The clerks were tall, bald, fat and muscular henchmen looking people! O_O!!! They made me pay 40 dollars for goldeneye, while my grandma went in there a week before christmas and a teenager was working in there and she got goldeneye for 15 dollars! Gamestop also only offered 25 dollars for an almost new fat PSP. GameCrazy gave me 75. Again, I think it may depend on who is working. If you see a tall, fat, bald guy working... don't do business. If you see a teenager who is unbiased(wearing a PlayB3yond shirt, and an xbox 360 keychain necklace thing) then by all means do business!!!!!

yeah I started goin to gamecrazy too i got some 12 free game rents when i bought a psp and the mvp card gives me a free year subscription but they can be pretty dumb about the prices too sometimes like why the hell would warhawk be 47.99 and doesn't comes with the head set when the download only cost $40?

At least three times I've called them, asking them if they have a certain game in stock. I ask them to hold said game for me until I get there within 30 minutes. I get to the store and turns out they were holding the wrong game for me, and they don't even have a copy of the game I asked them for! Aren't video game store employees supposed to know a little bit about video games?

Recently, I made the mistake of buying into the whole "Pre-order Patapon at Gamestop and get a free demo!" Yeah, so when I called in to pre-order, they had know idea what the fawk Patapon was. I should've known right then and there I was making a huge mistake. So I stupidly made the pre-order anyways. Two times I call them after I read that the Patapon demo was out in stores, and each time the jackass on the other end had no idea what I was talking about!!

Eventually the last phone convo I made with them went like this:

Me: "Hi, do you have the Patapon demo that came with my Pre-Order in stock yet? Yeah yeah, I know *jokingly* 'Patapon?? Wuzz that?' It's a game for PSP spelled P-A-T-A-P-O-N."

Them: "Uhh........let....me...c heck. Let's see here......Oh yeah we have it"

Me: "What?? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I'll be right down to come pick it up! Thanks!"

So I go down there... Only to find THEY DON'T FAWKING HAVE IT IN STOCK. His excuse? "Ohhh...Sorry dude, I was looking at the wrong game demo."

-_-; Needless to say, I cancelled my pre-order with them and plan to head straight to Play-N-Trade as soon as the game comes out. I'm never making the mistake of walking into another Gamestop unless forced to do so by gunpoint.

Except for on Xbox 360 launch day. I live about 70 miles from the nearest EBgames, and I worked until about 4pm, got off work and called EB to see if they still had any 360's left. To my amazement they had 1 core unit left! Even more amazing is the fact that they said they would hold it for me for 2 hours. Got in my car and cruised up there and sure enough, they had saved it for me : )

gamestop is awsome if you have an edge card a new used game is only 50 bucks and where else can you buy a used game and return it within 7 days for a full refund.and this guy who wrote this seems to not only have a problem with gamestop but with people in general he sounds like a whiner.what kind of person calls somebody a crak addict because they turned in a copy of halo 3?the guy is a dummy